CALIFORNIA — Six people were killed when a business jet traveling from Las Vegas to southern California crashed into a field while approaching an airport and then became engulfed in flames, authorities said.
The crash occurred around 4:15 a.m. PT Saturday in Murrieta in Riverside County, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
Deputies responding to the crash"located an aircraft fully engulfed in flames in a field," the Riverside County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.
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